Daniel 4 · Verse 2

Daniel 4:2

I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
Daniel 4:2, King James Version

Daniel 4:2 in other translations

BSBI am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
WEBIt has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
ASVIt hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.
YLTThe signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.
DARBYIt hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.
BBEIt has seemed good to me to make clear the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done with me.
WebsterI thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought towards me.

What does Daniel 4:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. I thought it good--"It was seemly before me" (Psa 107:2-8). signs--tokens significant of God's omnipotent agency. The plural is used, as it comprises the marvellous dream, the marvellous interpretation of it, and its marvellous issue.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 I thought it good to show - A part of the decree was a recital of the wonders wrought by the hand of the true God in his kingdom and on his person.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 4:1-18

Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges the power of Jehovah. (Dn 4:1-18) Daniel interprets his dream. (Dn 4:19-27) The fulfilment of it. (Dn 4:28-37) Verses 1-18 The beginning and end of this chapter lead us to hope, that Nebuchadnezzar was a monument of the power of Divine grace, and of the riches of Divine mercy. After he was recovered from his madness, he told to distant places, and wrote down for future ages, how God had…

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Daniel 4:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָֽתַיָּא֙'a.tai.Ya'signs theH852
וְתִמְהַיָּ֔אve.tim.hai.Ya'and wonders theH8540
דִּ֚יdiwhichH1768
עֲבַ֣ד'a.Vadhe has doneH5648
עִמִּ֔י'i.Miwith meH5974
אֱלָהָ֖א'e.la.Ha'<the> GodH426
עִלָּאָ֑הi.la.ya'Most High theH5943
שְׁפַ֥רshe.Farit seemed goodH8232
קָֽדָמַ֖יka.da.Maibefore meH6925
לְהַחֲוָיָֽה\׃le.ha.cha.va.Yahto declareH2324

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Cross references for Daniel 4:2

  • Daniel 3:26

    Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

  • Psalms 66:16

    Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

  • Acts 22:3-16

    I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. …

  • Psalms 51:14

    Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  • Joshua 7:19

    And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

  • Acts 26:9-16

    I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, …

  • Psalms 71:18

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I thought it good. Chal. It was seemly before me.
Jos 7:19; Ps 51:14; 71:18; 92:1,2
that.
3:26; Ps 66:16; Ac 22:3-16; 26:9-16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Daniel 4:1

    Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

  • Daniel 4:2

    I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.

  • Daniel 4:3

    How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

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Daniel 4:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Las señales y milagros que el alto Dios ha hecho conmigo, conviene que yo las publique.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je vis un songe, et il m’effraya, et les pensées que j’avais sur mon lit, et les visions de ma tête, me troublèrent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es hat mir gefallen, die Zeichen und Wunder kundzutun, welche der höchste Gott an mir getan hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
somnium vidi, quod perterruit me: et cogitationes meæ in strato meo, et visiones capitis mei conturbaverunt me.